2511 - Palantir's Role in Government Surveillance & Activists Disrupting ICE w/ Makena Kelly & Roberto Camacho
The Majority Report with Sam Seder
Sam Seder
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🗓️ 4 June 2025
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
It's an Sam Solo Wednesday, and we have the latest on the Big Beautiful Bill inching its way through Congress. Some of the cuts will impact federally-backed science institutions, including weather monitoring. Florida meteorologist John Morales tells his viewers on air that he doesn't think he'll be able to predict the paths of hurricanes this season as he has in previous years because of the defunding of vital monitoring institutions. Scary.
After that we have two great guests. First, Sam speaks to Wired senior writer Makena Kelly about Doge and Elon Musk's lingering impact on the government, as well as Palantir and it's role in government surveillance.
Check out her reporting here: https://www.wired.com/author/makena-kelly/
After that Sam spoke to San Diego journalist Roberto Camacho to discuss his reporting in Bolts on a grass root organization dedicated to monitoring ICE and protecting immigrant communities. Check out his his piece here: https://boltsmag.org/how-volunteer-patrols-are-working-to-protect-san-diego-immigrant-communities-from-ice/
Follow Roberto on social media here:
Twitter/IG/Threads: @rob_camacho_sd
Bluesky: @robcamachosd.bsky.social
In the Fun Half™, Elon Musk is now publicly poo poo-ing the Big Beautiful Bill which he thinks is bloated. Takes one to know one bud. As Sam points out, maybe it has something to do with how the bill would effect his bottom line. Patrick Bet-David and crew however are defending Trump, and Musk's drug use. They're in a tough spot these days. Alex Jones is going out of his way to defend Palantir. Gee, I wonder why? And for his part, Richie Torres is defending the Abundance Agenda. Go figure.
Here's the link to the petition that a commenter mentioned to stop Ohio Senate Bill 1 which would hurt freedom of speech and higher education: https://ohsb1petition.com/
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to a free version of The Majority Report. |
| 0:04.4 | Support this show at join the Majority Report.com and get an extra hour of content daily. |
| 0:12.6 | The Majority Report with Sam Cedar. |
| 0:17.9 | It is Wednesday. |
| 0:20.7 | June 4th, 2025. |
| 0:23.6 | My name is Sam Cedar. |
| 0:24.8 | This is the five-time award-winning majority report. |
| 0:28.4 | We are broadcasting live steps from the industrially ravaged Gowanus Canal in the heartland of America, downtown Brooklyn, USA. |
| 0:40.5 | On the program today, McKinacellie, |
| 0:43.3 | senior writer at Wired, |
| 0:45.8 | on the non-demise of Doge |
| 0:49.2 | and Palantier's database. |
| 0:53.3 | Then Roberto Camacho, journalist from San Diego, writing in bolts about folks organizing |
| 1:05.0 | to defend people from ice. |
| 1:08.1 | Also on the program today, tariffs on steel and aluminum entering the card tree double today. |
| 1:18.9 | Good luck if you're at a factory manufacturing anything that requires steel or aluminum. |
| 1:29.5 | Senate Republicans race to get language done on the reconciliation bill |
| 1:34.6 | as House Republicans now cry. |
| 1:40.1 | They didn't know what was in the bill. |
| 1:45.2 | A shutout of goodies. |
| 1:47.7 | Elon Musk's attast the big beautiful bill as an abomination. |
| 1:54.5 | Trump formally asked Congress to pull back funding for public broadcasting. |
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